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Artist: Little Eva
Author: Gerry Goffin/Carole King
Label: Dimension
Year: 1962
The composers' babysitter. See also: The Loco-motion and Keep Your Hands Off My Baby.
Covers:
Drifters [where it was written for, apparantly (see footnote)]
Kenny Lynch [top 10 UK]
Richard Anthony [as Sur le toit]
Carole King [coauthor on lp Writer]
Viola Wills [disco version]
Robson & Jerome [B-side of I Believe (n°1 UK)]
Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote Up On The Roof under the influence of another famous songwriting duo: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, influenced by the way they wrote Save The Last Dance For Me, more precisely: the way The Drifters recorded that one. Goffin & King wanted to write for The Drifters as well. First they gave 'em Some Kind Of Wonderful, later Up On The Roof. A try-out was performed at home by their babysitter, soon the world's most famous babysitter.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)